HOWTO: Submit Homework to Repository at OSC
This page outlines a way a professor can set up a file submission system at OSC for his/her classroom project.
Usage for Professor
After connecting to OSC system, professor runs submit_prepare as
Training
HOWTO: Use NFSv4 ACL
This document shows you how to use the NFSv4 ACL permissions system. An ACL (access control list) is a list of permissions associated with a file or directory. These permissions allow you to restrict access to a certian file or directory by user or group. NFSv4 ACLs provide more specific options than typical POSIX read/write/execute permissions used in most systems.
These commands are useful for managing ACLs in the dir locations of /users/<project-code>.
Understanding NFSv4 ACL
This is an example of an NFSv4 ACL
HOWTO: Reduce Disk Space Usage
This HOWTO will demonstrate how to lower ones' disk space usage. The following procedures can be applied to all of OSC's file systems.
We recommend users regularly check their data usage and clean out old data that is no longer needed.
Users who need assistance lowering their data usage can contact OSC Help.
HOWTO: Locally Installing Software
Sometimes the best way to get access to a piece of software on the HPC systems is to install it yourself as a "local install". This document will walk you through the OSC-recommended procedure for maintaining local installs in your home directory or project space. The majority of this document describes the process of "manually" building and installing your software. We also show a partially automated approach through the use of a bash script in the Install Script section near the end.
HOWTO: Install your own Perl modules
While we provide a number of Perl modules, you may need a module we do not provide. If it is a commonly used module, or one that is particularly difficult to compile, you can contact OSC Help for assistance, but we have provided an example below showing how to build and install your own Perl modules. Note, these instructions use "bash" shell syntax; this is our default shell, but if you are using something else (csh, tcsh, etc), some of the syntax may be different.
HOWTO: Identify users on a project account and check status
An eligible principal investigator (PI) heads a project account and can authorize/remove user accounts under the project account (please check our Allocations and Accounts documentation for more details). This document shows you how to identify users on a project account and check the status of each user.
HOWTO: Use ulimit command to set soft limits
This document shows you how to set soft limits using the ulimit command.
The ulimit command sets or reports user process resource limits. The default limits are defined and applied when a new user is added to the system. Limits are categorized as either soft or hard. With the ulimit command, you can change your soft limits for the current shell environment, up to the maximum set by the hard limits. You must have root user authority to change resource hard limits.
Introduction to Linux / UNIX
Description
This brief course is designed to introduce users without UNIX or Linux experience to the core concepts and tools necessary to be productive on a UNIX or UNIX-like operating system. Includes hands-on exercises.
Computing Services to Accelerate Research and Innovation
Description
This two hour workshop will provide an introduction to OSC resources and how to access them. Topics include:
- High performance computing concepts.
- Hardware and software available at OSC.
- Getting allocations and accounts.
- How to connect and log in.
- How to move data on and off the systems.
- Introduction to batch processing.
- Storage and file systems.
Optional hands-on participation:
